Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>electric motorcycleForrest NorthForrestNorthMission MotorsMission OneMissionMotorsMissionOneWed, 04 Feb 2009 14:00:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/feed/21095239/article-comments.xmlhttp://www.autoblog.com/feed/2009/02/04/mission-one-explodes-out-of-stealth-at-150-mph/21095239/article-detail.xml21095239http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/376x212/format/jpg/quality/85/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogcdn.com%2Fgreen.autoblog.com%2Fmedia%2F2009%2F02%2Fmission-side-shot_opt.jpghttp://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/800x450/format/jpg/quality/85/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogcdn.com%2Fgreen.autoblog.com%2Fmedia%2F2009%2F02%2Fmission-side-shot_opt.jpghttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/20/ex-tesla-employee-electric-motorcycle-prototype-gets-driven/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/20/ex-tesla-employee-electric-motorcycle-prototype-gets-driven/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/20/ex-tesla-employee-electric-motorcycle-prototype-gets-driven/#commentsFiled under: Green, United States, Motorcycle, ElectricSo you're enjoying a lovely day, driving the twisty Skyline Blvd. in California on your Ducati Multistrada when, through a series of fortunate events, you find yourself trying out the saddle of a different bike that just happens to be a top secret electric prototype using a chassis from the same manufacturer as your personal ride. That's what happened to a guy we know only as thomasj, who wrote about it on the Motorcycles' Journal. He had spotted a suspiciously quiet Ducati 900ss with an overly-large back sprocket and struck up a conversation with the apparent owner. The man turned out to be former Tesla employee Forrest Deuth (North) who has started a company currently known as Hum Cycles which is now in stealth mode and whose mission is to "create the greenest and most fun commuter vehicle on the freeway." Sounds like a great goal to us and if the end product is as good as thomasj thought the prototype was, they just might succeed.